BBC cut its usual afternoon schedule as news broke that the Queen was under medical supervision at Balmoral. Buckingham Palace issued a statement at 12.32pm on Thursday (September 8) saying royal doctors were concerned for health.
They said the head of state was comfortable and her royal physicians recommended she remain under medical supervision, as the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall cleared their diaries and immediately headed to the Queen’s home in the Scottish Highlands.
It has since been confirmed that the Queen's other children, Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward, are all heading to Balmoral alongside Princes Charles and William. The Duchess of Cambridge is understood to have remained in Windsor as it’s the first full day of school for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
